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       Indonesia issues tsunami alert after volcano erupts on remote island
       
       By Kathleen Magramo, CNN
       
       Updated: 
       
       8:01 AM EDT, Thu April 18, 2024
       
       Source: CNN
       
       Indonesian authorities on Wednesday ordered hundreds of villagers to
       evacuate following multiple eruptions of a remote island volcano,
       raising fears it could collapse into the sea and trigger a tsunami.
       
       Mount Ruang, a 725-meter (2,400-foot) volcano on Ruang Island, North
       Sulawesi, has erupted at least five times since Tuesday night, spewing
       fiery lava and ash plumes thousands of feet into the sky, the
       country’s volcanology agency said.
       
       Agency chief Hendra Gunawan said officials had raised the volcano alert
       to the , warning people not to go within 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) of
       the peak, due to fears Mount Ruang could partially and cause a
       tsunami, as it did in 1871.
       
       “The force of Mount Ruang’s eruption is getting bigger and has
       emitted hot clouds of approximately 1.7 kilometers,” he told national
       news agency Antara, adding the eruptions were triggered by recent
       earthquakes in the area.
       
       Mount Ruang is a stratovolcano, which are typically conical and
       relatively steep-sided due to the formation of viscous, sticky lava
       that does not flow easily. Stratovolcanoes often produces explosive
       eruptions due to gas build-up in the magma, according to
       volcanologists.
       
       Dramatic footage of the eruptions Wednesday shows plumes of gray ash
       billowing into the sky and streams of glowing lava, accompanied by
       lightning strikes. Images also show villagers being evacuated.
       
       Ruang Island is home to about 800 residents, who have temporarily
       relocated to neighboring Tagulandang Island, according to authorities.
       People on Tagulandang should watch for falling incandescent rocks and
       hot cloud surges, officials warned.
       
       No casualties have been reported.
       
       Indonesia, a Southeast Asian archipelago of 270 million people, has
       over 120 active volcanoes – more than anywhere else in the world. It
       sits along the , a 25,000-mile (40,000-kilometer) arc of seismic
       fault lines around the Pacific Ocean.
       
       In 2018, the eruption of Indonesia’s caused it to topple into the
       sea, triggering a tsunami that struck the coasts of the main Java and
       Sumatra islands, killing more than 400 people.
       
       This story has been updated with additional information.
       
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